Wikipedia quote found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lasker
"He was friends with former World chess champion Emanuel Lasker. Edward Lasker wrote in his memoirs of the New York 1924 tournament as published in the March 1974 edition of Chess Life magazine: "I did not discover that we were actually related until he (Emanuel Lasker) told me shortly before his death that someone had shown him a Lasker family tree on one of whose branches I was dangling." In a February 8, 1973 letter to Robert B. Long, Lasker explained their exact relationship:
The genealogy, incidentally, indicates that the common forbear of Emanuel and myself was the son Samuel Lasker of the Rabbi of the Polish village Lask, whose name was originally Meier Hindels. However, later the additional name Lasker was given to him to distinguish him from another Meier Hindels also living in Lask. Samuel Lasker moved to another Polish village, Kepno, in 1769, after it had been captured by Frederick the Great and became a German township, and I am the last descendant of his who was born there. He was the greatgrandfather of my greatgrandfather. His first-born son left Kepmen [sic-Kempen] and moved to Jarotschin, another Polish village, and Emanuel Lasker was that one's greatgrandson."
Originally posted by greenpawn34I can,t believe, why do this guy always need to write bad stories.
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Edward and Emanuel Lasker were twins.
When he was three Edward was snatched from his family home by a wild bear.
Emanuel went on to become World Chess Champion and in his book
'Common Sense in Chess' he has a dedication to his twin brother.
"In memory of my tw ...[text shortened]... ho was who
is that one of them was the World Champion and the other was Jack the Ripper.
I have this on chesgames
##### He was friends with world champion Emanuel Lasker. Some controversy exists as to whether they were related. Edward Lasker wrote in his memoirs of the New York 1924 tournament "I did not discover that we were actually related until he (Emanuel Lasker) told me shortly before his death that someone had shown him a Lasker family tree on one of whose branches I was dangling." @@@@@@
Emanuel Lasker did write the manual. Edward wrote several other books and whilst they may have been distantly related neither appear to have been aware of it during much of their relationship. In his book "Chess Secrets" Edward says his Father probably only taught him chess as a child because of the success of his "namesake" and he goes on to say that he only became an "acquaintance" of Emanuel when he was twenty-one.
Originally posted by AutomatonLol not sure how we got onto Saucy Jack from the Lasker’s but I do agree with the Tumblety theory - it hasn’t actually been 100% proved, and I suppose we’ll never know for sure. But the most ...[text shortened]... a cheap ladies ring found to have belonged to one of the dead prostitutes was among his positions.
No...They were long distant cousins and most likely that isn't even true.
And Jack the Ripper was an american named...
Francis Tumblety (c. 1833–1903)...